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View Poll Results: Which Goldfish do you have
Fan tail 14 33.33%
Common 6 14.29%
Black Moor 6 14.29%
Bubble Eye 2 4.76%
All of the above 5 11.90%
none 9 21.43%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

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Old January 6th, 2007  
Fish Addict
 
Goldfish

Which do you have?

Tell me if I missed anything.
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Old January 9th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

anyone?
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Old January 10th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

I have a Shubunkin have had it for three years. He goes outside in th summer and inside in the winter.
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Old January 14th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

What kind of fish do you have? I have a 10 gallon tank that I raise feeder gold fish in. We raise them in pairs of two until they are about 5in long.We haven't lost a single fish to this day. Also to keep the glass Kleen we have a Plecstomus.
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Old January 14th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

Those "feeder fishes" will grow to 12 inches long. You should give them more room.
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Old January 15th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

I have comets, which is a variety (I believe) of the common goldfish. My biggest is about 30cm - he's huge and eating everything in the tank (weed). He is such a pig that we named him piggy. Two (yes that's his name) is about 25cm and Runt is 20cm. Two and Runt are quickly following suit with piggy and I am trying to find them new homes....
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Old January 28th, 2007  
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Re: Goldfish

After they reach 5in long they go to our neighbors 100gal tank togrow to about 8in long. Then they go to a out door pond which is 22 feet deep in the center so they have plenty of space to get through the winter with out freezing.
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Old September 27th, 2007  
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I, too, have a shubunkin. It's the perfect mix of a regular goldfish's body shape and the colors and finnage of a fancier variety.
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Old October 2nd, 2007  
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i have recently bought these, great fish to have, very active. there r other species like lionhead and oranda........
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Old November 19th, 2007  
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Have you upgraded tank, Neville? This one looks bigger than I'd remembered.

I answered all of the above as my dad has all of the above and I am ending up being their primary carer whenever I am in Belgium.

I used to have one common one when I was little.
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Old November 19th, 2007  
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Do you live in a warm climate? Because the pleco needs temps around 25C, and goldfish need max 22C. How do you bridge the temp gap?

I am curious, as my parents would also like a pleco, but I told them they couldn't for the temp reason.

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What kind of fish do you have? I have a 10 gallon tank that I raise feeder gold fish in. We raise them in pairs of two until they are about 5in long.We haven't lost a single fish to this day. Also to keep the glass Kleen we have a Plecstomus.
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Old January 13th, 2008  
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1 Oranda and 1 Black Moor.
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Old January 13th, 2008  
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1 Oranda and 1 Black Moor.
Hey Melybu check out my fatsos on the top of your message!

Last edited by Neville; January 13th, 2008 at 07:20 AM.
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Old January 21st, 2008  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Debi View Post
I have comets, which is a variety (I believe) of the common goldfish. My biggest is about 30cm - he's huge and eating everything in the tank (weed). He is such a pig that we named him piggy. Two (yes that's his name) is about 25cm and Runt is 20cm. Two and Runt are quickly following suit with piggy and I am trying to find them new homes....
actually comets and commons arent just varieties of eachother. they are each their own type of goldfish breed. commons have short stubby tails and fins and comets get longer fancier looking fins. not the same but are easily confused.. heart
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Old January 23rd, 2008  
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I think I have a comet.

The comet is actually a "child" of the common species, developed by Hugo Mullert, a government worker, from common breeding stock. He put them on the market, pretty much.
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Old January 24th, 2008  
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I have two Sarasa Comets. Right now, they are living in my bathtub pond. One is about inches, not including tail and the other 5 inches. The larger one is also bigger around and has a much longer tail. They are named Ying and Yang. Here is a pic from when they were a bit younger. They have become quite camera shy since they've gotten older.
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Old May 10th, 2008  
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Which do you have?

Tell me if I missed anything.
before I got into cichlids, I had what I was told were "lion head" goldfish ...they were all named after the lion king movie!! I use to look for the ones that EVERYONE called ugly, and bought them right up!! Then my entire tank got velvet disease...which I found out since then, was because I was majorly overstocked!! ...I miss those fish very much!!!!!!

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Old September 23rd, 2008  
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i have comets. you forgot to add the beautiful pearlscales.
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